Volkstümliche Musik
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Volkstümliche Musik (German for "folksy/traditional/popular music") is a modern
Characteristics
Closely related to the German
History
From the early 1960s onwards, Volkstümliche Musik was conceived for commercial reasons as a counterweight to youth-oriented
Volkstümliche Musik was influenced by
Reception
Modelled on immensely popular Musikantenstadl, since the early 1990s Volkstümliche Musik features strongly in numerous peak-time television broadcasts on German, Austrian and Swiss
television stations focusing on the genre.Not unlike schlager, Volkstümliche Musik is often belittled by younger or more sophisticated audiences as a massively commercialized product created for the lower strata of society, conveying idyllic, reactionary, irrational ideas. Those holding these views sometimes sarcastically deride the expression "volkstümliche Musik" (folksy/folk-like music) by replacing the "-tümlich"(-like)-suffix by "-dümmlich", meaning roughly "featherbrained", turning it into "folk-featherbrained Music", e.g. dim-witted, daft or dopey. Sociological surveys confirm a predominant conservative attitude among the target population, who often feel that Volkstümliche Musik performances provide a means of stress alleviation and escapism. In this perception, Volkstümliche Musik differs somewhat from its ancestor, the traditional folk (Volksmusik), which continues to be performed by many local groups and orchestras in different areas.
The Volkstümliche Musik market is the largest section of the music business in German-speaking areas. Due to the advanced age of the main target group, copyright infringement has not been prevalent so far.
United Kingdom
Though the term is mainly unknown in the United Kingdom, volkstümliche Musik has attracted a fanbase there including BBC Radio Manchester commentator, Ian Cheeseman.[1] A number of British singers have also been attracted to this style of music, even featuring on Musikantenstadl, such as Ross Antony,[2] Tony Christie[3] and Roger Whittaker.[4]
See also
- Music of Germany
- Austrian folk dancing
References
- ^ "Manchester – BBC Radio Manchester – Abba and Austria". BBC. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Ross Antony: Shropshire Lad Gives German Schlager a Try".
- ^ "Tony Christie: From UK "Big Voice" to Schlager Stardom".
- ^ "Roger Whittaker: Schlager Star from the UK".
External links
- Radio Heimatmelodie – a radio format specialized on German Volksmusik and "volkstümlicher Schlager"
- Radio VHR – one major source of German Volksmusik and Schlager (online-stream)
- Radio Herz: Radio station from Toronto playing Volksmusik 24 hours a day via the internet
- Schlager/Volksmusik – various online-streams
- Volksmusik.TV: Schlager, volkstuemliche,- and Volksmusik available via Cable, Satellite and IPTV